Sentences with phrase «of legal services by»

Julia Kondratenko, general director of Berger & Partners, a Russian law firm specializing in real estate transactions, says, «There is a need to impose a ban on the provision of legal services by Russian real estate brokers to their customers.

Artificial Intelligence: Changing the Practice and Marketing of Legal Services by Lindsay Griffiths on Zen And The Art Of Legal Networking [4-18-17]

Of course they won't; therefore there needs to be public discussion as to replacing law societies because they are an out - of - date and no longer capable method of regulating the provision of legal services by lawyers.

But so far, state regulations that strictly prohibit the provision of legal services by anyone and anything other than a lawyer have held back the spread of such applications.

More likely the commercial production of legal services by such as, LegalZoom, [i] RocketLawyer, and LegalX, will provide a safety valve to relieve the potentially fatal public and political pressure upon law societies that the social media could generate.

At its very simplest, the «unbundling» of legal services, also commonly called «limited scope representation» or «a limited scope retainer» (which now is a defined term under the Rules of Professional Conduct), is «the provision of legal services by a lawyer for part, but not all, of a client's legal matter by agreement between the lawyer and the client.»

We also acknowledge, with immense thanks, the generous donation of legal services by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.

The legal field is built on the idea of helping those in need of legal services by becoming advocates — often fierce advocates.

Entry Criteria This award seeks to uncover innovation in the delivery of legal services by Alternative Business Structures.

Our Law Firm 2.0 ® business model prioritizes the highest quality of legal services by partners who have the most relevant expertise, while our structure maximizes efficiency, responsiveness, and value.

«limited scope retainer» means the provision of legal services by a lawyer for part, but not all, of a client's legal matter by agreement between the lawyer and the client;

«I enjoy the rapid progress from commencing automation work to completion and delivery of the final product which then improves the delivery of legal services by driving consistency, mitigating error and creating efficiency.»

Unless otherwise agreed, members of chambers offer their services and accept instructions as members of the Bar of England and Wales in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Legal Services by Barristers to Solicitors in Commercial Matters, Payment Basis B, as agreed between the Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR) and the City of London Law Society.

-- The regulation of the delivery of legal services by lawyers as well as by legal entities, «which include lawyers, law firms, law corporations, law departments and other similar entities,»

Quality assurance: Does the performance of legal tasks and the provision of legal services by lawyers and law firms meet those baseline standards of competence, accuracy, and effectiveness?

The legal industry is moving towards standardizing terminology to simplify and improve the delivery of legal services by providing greater transparency and increasing the effectiveness of budgeting and resourcing.

Significantly, the Regulatory Objectives strive to enhance public understanding of and confidence in the regulation of legal services by the Society, and speak to the unique and important role the Society plays in promoting and preserving the independence of the legal profession in the public interest.

Better to increase the attractiveness of legal services by enabling lawyers to provide related services accompanying their legal services, e.g., family law lawyers providing financial planning advice, and law firms providing accounting and tax advisory work, and litigation lawyers working with experts who improve and maintain their clients» electronic records management systems, because records are the most frequently used kind of evidence and are completely dependent on their records management systems for everything, particularly their «integrity» （ which is what the electronic records provisions of the Evidence Acts require be proved for admissibility; e.g., section 31.2 （ 1 ） （ a ） of the Canada Evidence Act - see: Ken Chasse, «Electronic Records as Evidence,» and the other «records as evidence» articles on «my SSRN authors page, for free download ） 。

Members of Chambers will also, if requested, provide their services on the Standard Conditions of Contract for the Supply of Legal services by Barristers to Authorised Persons 2012 which may be found at www.barcouncil.org.

Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, members of chambers will offer their services and accept instructions on Payment Basis A in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Legal services by Barristers to Solicitors in Commercial Matters, as agreed between the Commercial Bar Association and the City of London Law Society, Version 3.0 2018 («The COMBAR Terms»).

The term «limited scope retainer» means the provision of legal services by a licensee (lawyer or paralegal) for part, but not all, of a client's legal matter.

A slightly higher proportion of respondents from Alberta supported the provision of legal services by paralegals than did respondents from the rest of Canada.

Perlman, however, deliberately turns attention away from alternative structures (as well as, without expressly mentioning them, the general concepts of entity regulation and compliance - based / proactive regulation) in favor of a focus on the provision of legal services by individuals (rather than entities) who are not lawyers and by existing legal service providers, notably «consumer facing automated document assembly companies.»

Our dedicated staff of poverty law specialists provide legal assistance to individuals and families to help them resolve their legal problems, help others to become more knowledgeable about their legal rights, and collaborate with a network of public and private partners in advocacy and policy efforts to maximize the impact of our legal services by changing laws and policies that adversely affect poor people and communities.

4) That if the regulator considers it necessary to do so, the regulator may require a law practice to: (i) ensure that an appropriate management system is implemented and maintained to enable the provision of legal services by the law practice in accordance with the professional rules and obligations of legal practitioners within the law practice, and (ii) provide periodic reports on its compliance with the appropriate management system.

«Decisions concerning: (1) the problem of unaffordable legal services and its consequences to the population; (2) the great power of instant and wide - spread communications provided by the internet, the social media, and the news media in dealing with those consequences; (3) the self - regulation debate; and, (4) all matters as significant as the regulation of the provision of legal services by other professions, should each be considered as to their impact upon the other three.

2 - 23.2 (1) A lawyer must not practise law in an MDP unless (a) the lawyer and all members of the MDP are in compliance with Rules 2 - 23.1 to 2 - 23.12 and the Professional Conduct Handbook, (b) all lawyers who are members of the MDP have obtained express permission under this Division to practise law in the MDP, (c) all non-lawyer members of the MDP are of good character and repute, (d) all members of the MDP agree in writing (i) that practising lawyers who are members of the MDP will have actual control over the delivery of legal services by the MDP, (ii) that non-lawyer members of the MDP will not interfere, directly or indirectly with the lawyer's (A) obligation to comply with the Act, these Rules and the Professional Conduct Handbook, and (B) exercise of independent professional judgement, (iii) to comply with the Act, these Rules and the Professional Conduct Handbook, and (iv) to cooperate with and assist the Society or its agents in the conduct of a practice review, examination or investigation, and (e) all members of the MDP who are governed by the regulatory body of another profession agree to report to the MDP any proceedings concerning their conduct or competence.

The idea behind unbundling legal services is to reduce the costs of legal services by reducing the services the attorney provides.

The Society will regulate the delivery of legal services by lawyers and will also regulate the delivery of legal services by legal entities, which include lawyers, law firms, law corporations, law departments and other similar entities.

While LAWPRO does not generally cover the performance of legal services by lawyers on exemption (including retired lawyers), there is an exception for those lawyers who provide professional services through LAWPRO - approved pro bono programs associated with Pro Bono Ontario (PBO).

At its very simplest, the «unbundling» of legal services, also commonly called «limited scope representation» or «a limited scope retainer» (which now is a defined term under the Ontario Rules of Professional Conduct), is «the provision of legal services by a lawyer for part, but not all, of a client's legal matter by agreement between the lawyer and the client.»

Barristers are instructed under the Standard Conditions of Contract for the Supply of Legal Services by Barristers to Authorised Persons 2012 (the «new Bar Council Standard Conditions of Contract»).

The DC Bar characterized Washington's LLLT program as «an attempt to regulate the provision of legal services by highly trained paraprofessionals while promoting access to justice for those who have legal needs but do not require all the skills of an attorney.»

I left law school believing the provision of legal services by non-lawyers was unthinkable.

The big question however that is yet to be definitively answered is how does outsourcing of legal services by law firms benefit the law firms?

Are there studies establishing that MCLE verifiably improves the quality of legal service by lawyers?»

Not exact matches

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The suit, brought by three ex-sex workers, a client, and the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Educational and Research Project, says California's current laws violate the rights of people to engage in consensual sex.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

When hit with an indictment in South Korea at the end of December, CEO Travis Kalanick responded using the carefully calibrated language of a man who knows he's exploiting a loophole: «We firmly believe that our service, which connects drivers and riders via an application, is not only legal in Korea, but that it is being welcomed and supported by consumers.»

Legal issues aside, the tweet could be viewed as a heavy - handed move for a company already under scrutiny after an earlier Medium post by a 25 - year - old employee identifying herself as Talia Jane, who complained of low wages and poor treatment in her customer service role at Yelp food delivery subsidiary Eat24.

By that measure, the legal cannabis business is rapidly accelerating into stage three, as an ecosystem of financial and other services quickly grows up.

TEMPE, Ariz. — The family of a woman killed by an Uber self - driving vehicle in Arizona has reached a settlement with the ride services company, ending a potential legal battle over the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle.

Small business owners must decide which method to use depending on the legal form of the business, its sales volume, whether it extends credit to customers, whether it maintains an inventory, and the tax requirements set forth by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Shell companies can have legal aims such as easing access to international markets or servicing clients in many countries and none of the actions by the companies necessarily signal improper dealings.

In a statement on the site, founder Pamela Jones cited the move by Lavabit founder Ladar Levinson to shut down his encrypted email service because of a legal fight with the government.

Actually free services: I'm a little hard pressed to think of Internet features that still fall into this category, other than Wikipedia, personal blogs and piracy, which is ultimately going to be countered either by copyright cops on the down side or superior, paid legal services on the upside.

Facebook is also the target of a $ 1 - billion lawsuit launched this summer by an Israeli legal advocacy group, which claims the company is violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act by providing services that assist in «recruiting, radicalising and instructing terrorists.»

But hobbled by an onslaught of litigation from the traditional music industry, it morphed into a legal, streaming service and has been flying under the radar ever since, allowing the companies it inspired to tap the demand Napster precipitated.

The company did say it would be hit by one - time costs of $ 10 million to $ 20 million this year, mostly in legal and advisory services to respond to «information put into the marketplace by a short seller,» which Herbalife «believes to be inaccurate and misleading.»